Zinnov - Project Lead

Job Description for a Project Lead role

Designation: Project Lead I

Educational Qualification: Bachelor's degree (Engineering) from a top-tier university + MBA/PGDM (Preferred)

Job Objective:

As Project Lead I, you will be closely working with the Engagement Leads and Manager for practice development, project delivery in the technology domain/ TMT domain/ Aerospace, Automotive/Manufacturing/Telecom/ Semiconductor. You will need to work with the project team to provide data-driven and analysis-rich deliverables deriving strategic insights as per the client requirements.

Job Overview:

You will be working closely with your project teams to conduct in-depth secondary research and primary research, apply analysis techniques and derive interesting and meaningful insights for our clients.

Primary Responsibilities:

- Gaining a holistic view of the consulting project

- Focused quality research to arrive at a well framed and thought solution for the client.

- Create a competitive advantage through consumer and market understanding.

- Provide direction to outside agencies and internal resources in the design and implementation of research programs, processes, and result analysis and reporting.

- Support primary consumer research to identify, analyse, track, and report actionable consumer insights to key business stakeholders to support key business initiatives.

- Manage on-going consumer data and tracking services, perform routine and extraordinary analysis, and ensure appropriate reporting access, formats, and analysis for all business functions.

- Support the communication of key facts, trends, and implications via systematic reports, scheduled presentations, and ad-hoc support for key marketing initiatives.

- Own small consulting engagements as an individual contributor or individual work streams in larger consulting engagements

- Assist in business development activities by preparing project / work proposal

- Work in collaboration with team members and ensure superior deliverables.

Required Skills & Personal Attributes:

- Excellent business writing and verbal communication skills including presentation skills

- Extremely detail-oriented with high standards for written and visual presentation of information as well as idea

- Excellent research, analytical, and numerical skills

- Ability to develop and articulate strategic recommendations based on rigorous data analysis

- High degree of proficiency in MS Office Suite (PowerPoint, Word, Excel etc.)

- Strong inter-personal skills, ability to work with teams in a time-line driven high pressure environment (typical of consulting firms)

- Self-driven with a high level of motivation and energy; a strong - can do- attitude; ability and willingness to work in a small and fast-growing set-up